Gotagetthroughthis
16-08-12, 14:19
Hi everyone, I wasnt sure where to post this but I will post it here as I dont know weather my symptoms are health anxiety or something physically rong with me.
I started suffering with what the doctors tell me is anxiety a few months ago. It started with random chest pains that I obviously got more and more worried about, then it lead to just feeling like crap everyday and not feeling quite right, I just didnt feel normal if you get me.
Anyway one day at work the weird feelings in my head and the chest pains got worse and I suddenly found myself sweating, body tingling and feeling like I was going to pass out, thinking I was going to die, so I assume this was my first panic attack.
From that day onwards I never felt the same, these attacks happend a few times a week and I kept going home from work. Then one day a had one of these attacks and it was like the feeling never calmed down, i was out of control and in a constant state of high anxiety and thought I was going insane, with a range of strange symptoms.
This started to calm down about two weeks ago and I felt a little bit better, still not normal but the anxiety wasnt a constant feeling. I went back to the doctor and they perscribed me Citalopram and signed me off work. So I have been taking Citalopram for 11 days now and everything has been ok with no major side effects apart from feeling a bit and dizzy and foggy. That was until yesterday when I woke up feeling a bit crapy and then through the day it just escalated. By the evening all they symptoms I had a couple of weeks ago were suddenly back. I felt completely disorientated and confused, felt like my legs didnt belong to me, as if it was effort to move them, my brain felt so strange, felt like it was shutting down. Everything just felt so weird and it was so scary. While this was going on I noticed I was a bit unsteady on my feet and my right eye pupil was much larger than my left. I obviously read up on this and read that having one larger pupil can be caused by lack of oxygen to one side of the brain and various diseases/tumors involving the brain. (I no I shouldnt google things but I was so scared at the time)
Now I dont know if its anxiety doing this to me or the medication or I do have something rong with my brain. I dont think its the medication as I had most of these symptoms before I started taking them.
I just need some advice and support, after thinking I was starting to feel better, last night has just smashed me back down and Im back in the constant weird state feeling anxious all the time. Cant sleep and cant eat.
My doctors havnt checked me for anything to with the brain, do you think this is a good idea. Its like because I have anxiety they assume thats the cause and dont check anything else. I havnt mentioned the one pupil bigger than the other to them because i never noticed it before.
I cant even do anything to take my mind of things because the feeling is in my mind, cant read or watch tv or do anything because I feel so damn weird. Its like my brain is either dying or trying to process a million things at once and over analysing everything.
What do you guys think I should do, should I just carry on day by day and see how I get on? Do these feelings and symptoms I have sound normal? Or do I need to be tested for something? I seem to get the symptoms and then the anxiety comes, not the other way round.
Thank you for taking the time to read this long winded post. I would be so greatfull for any replies.
I started suffering with what the doctors tell me is anxiety a few months ago. It started with random chest pains that I obviously got more and more worried about, then it lead to just feeling like crap everyday and not feeling quite right, I just didnt feel normal if you get me.
Anyway one day at work the weird feelings in my head and the chest pains got worse and I suddenly found myself sweating, body tingling and feeling like I was going to pass out, thinking I was going to die, so I assume this was my first panic attack.
From that day onwards I never felt the same, these attacks happend a few times a week and I kept going home from work. Then one day a had one of these attacks and it was like the feeling never calmed down, i was out of control and in a constant state of high anxiety and thought I was going insane, with a range of strange symptoms.
This started to calm down about two weeks ago and I felt a little bit better, still not normal but the anxiety wasnt a constant feeling. I went back to the doctor and they perscribed me Citalopram and signed me off work. So I have been taking Citalopram for 11 days now and everything has been ok with no major side effects apart from feeling a bit and dizzy and foggy. That was until yesterday when I woke up feeling a bit crapy and then through the day it just escalated. By the evening all they symptoms I had a couple of weeks ago were suddenly back. I felt completely disorientated and confused, felt like my legs didnt belong to me, as if it was effort to move them, my brain felt so strange, felt like it was shutting down. Everything just felt so weird and it was so scary. While this was going on I noticed I was a bit unsteady on my feet and my right eye pupil was much larger than my left. I obviously read up on this and read that having one larger pupil can be caused by lack of oxygen to one side of the brain and various diseases/tumors involving the brain. (I no I shouldnt google things but I was so scared at the time)
Now I dont know if its anxiety doing this to me or the medication or I do have something rong with my brain. I dont think its the medication as I had most of these symptoms before I started taking them.
I just need some advice and support, after thinking I was starting to feel better, last night has just smashed me back down and Im back in the constant weird state feeling anxious all the time. Cant sleep and cant eat.
My doctors havnt checked me for anything to with the brain, do you think this is a good idea. Its like because I have anxiety they assume thats the cause and dont check anything else. I havnt mentioned the one pupil bigger than the other to them because i never noticed it before.
I cant even do anything to take my mind of things because the feeling is in my mind, cant read or watch tv or do anything because I feel so damn weird. Its like my brain is either dying or trying to process a million things at once and over analysing everything.
What do you guys think I should do, should I just carry on day by day and see how I get on? Do these feelings and symptoms I have sound normal? Or do I need to be tested for something? I seem to get the symptoms and then the anxiety comes, not the other way round.
Thank you for taking the time to read this long winded post. I would be so greatfull for any replies.